Check out the full list of winners.
The Loudwire Music Awards took place last Tuesday, October 24th, and honored the best musicians in the Hard Rock and Metal genres of 2017.
Among the various nominees, Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour were the artists who received the most awards, but the highlight of the night was vocalist of the year, Chester Bennington.
The most veteran bands also had their moment, with Iron Maiden receiving the award for Best Live Band, and the honorees of the night being Tony Iommi, Sammy Hagar, and Rob Halford.
Check out the winners below:
HARD ROCK ARTIST
• Stone Sour
• In This Moment
• Korn
• Papa Roach
• Pretty Reckless
• Starset
METAL ARTIST
• Avenged Sevenfold
• Body Count
• Code Orange
• Mastodon
• Metallica
• Power Trip
HARD ROCK ALBUM
• Stone Sour, Hydrograd
• At the Drive In, In•Ter • A•Li•A
• Highly Suspect, The Boy Who Died Wolf
• Papa Roach, Crooked Teeth
• Royal Thunder, WICK
• Starset, Vessels
METAL ALBUM
• Avenged Sevenfold, The Stage
• Body Count, Bloodlust
• Code Orange, Forever
• Mastodon, Emperor of Sand
• Metallica, Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
• Power Trip, Nightmare Logic
HARD ROCK MUSIC
• I Prevail, “Alone”
• Foo Fighters, “Run”
• Fozzy, “Judas”
• Nothing More, “Go to War”
• Of Mice & Men, “Unbreakable”
• Starset, “Monster”
METAL MUSIC
• Power Trip, “Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)”
• Body Count, “No Lives Matter”
• DragonForce, “Ashes of the Dawn”
• Municipal Waste, “Amateur Sketch”
• Obituary, “Sentence Day”
• Pallbearer, “I Saw The End”
BEST LIVE BAND
• Iron Maiden
• Amon Amarth
• Anthrax
• Behemoth
• The Dillinger Escape Plan
• Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
MOST LOYAL FANS
• Babymetal
• Blink-182
• Halestorm
• I Prevail
• Iron Maiden
• Rammstein
BEST NEW BAND
• Beartooth
• Avatar
• Bloodclot
• Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
• King Woman
• Royal Thunder
BEST NEW ARTIST
• Greta Van Fleet
• Black Map
• Cover Your Tracks
• Ded
• Gone Is Gone
• Zeal & Ardor
BEST VOCALIST
• Chester Bennington, Linkin Park
• Maria Brink, In This Moment
• Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden
• Myles Kennedy, Alter Bridge
• MLNY Parsonz, Royal Thunder
• Corey Taylor, Stone Sour
BEST GUITARIST
• Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne/Zakk Sabbath
• Tosin Abasi, Animals as Leaders
• Synyster Gates & Zacky Vengeance, Avenged Sevenfold
• Brent Hinds & Bill Kelliher, Mastodon
• Dave Mustaine & Kiko Loureiro, Megadeth
• Mark Tremonti, Alter Bridge
BEST DRUMMER
• Mario Duplantier, Gojira
• Charlie Benante, Anthrax
• Brann Dailor, Mastodon
• Tomas Haake, Meshuggah
• Matt Greiner, August Burns Red
• Vinnie Paul, Hellyeah
BEST BASS PLAYER
• Steve Harris, Iron Maiden
• Frank Bello, Anthrax
• Derek Boyer, Suffocation
• Rex Brown, Rex Brown
• Matt Freeman, Rancid
• Mike Kerr, Royal Blood
